Met Éireann has urged people to take care especially on roads as conditions begin to ease following a night of heavy rain, with one county still under a Status Orange rainfall warning and a further nine under Status Yellow alerts.

Follow updates on all today's developments as heavy rain falls on saturated ground with several counties under Orange or Yellow rain warnings.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer remains under intense pressure from within his Labour party ranks as he seeks to steady the ship amid widespread anger over the Peter Mandelson controversy.

President Catherine Connolly has offered her condolences to the family of a man in his 80s who died after being struck by a bus in Dublin.

Roger Moore managed it with aplomb. In a thrilling James Bond escape, with sublime dexterity and agility, Moore as 007, went off-piste to evade the enemy agents once again.